# CartoonOS Launch Readiness Audit

Status: active readiness snapshot as of 2026-09-08.  
Canonical navigation: `docs/INDEX.md`.  
Scale roadmap: `docs/architecture/GLOBAL_CONTENT_ENGINE_SCALE_ROADMAP_v0_1.md`.

## Executive verdict

CartoonOS is a strong **COMPOSED controlled-R&D system**, not yet a production-verified autonomous media factory.

The current architecture has:
- a seven-mascot creative/cognitive/voice canon;
- **13 canonical production activities** including separate shot compilation and provider execution;
- Scene-to-Screen + Environment Situation + Rough Cut/Audio/Edit gates;
- exact frozen `CompiledVideoRequest` generation inputs;
- durable generation-attempt and accepted-output provenance/economics through Alembic **016**;
- project-scoped observations/experiments/Decision→Result→Learning/economics;
- D1/D3/D7/D14/D30/D90 measurement schedules;
- active Scenario Writer v0.11 and Relationship Bible v0.5.

No real provider Golden Shot has passed yet. GitHub Actions runner execution is still untrusted. PostgreSQL/Temporal/live-provider/publication proofs remain P0.

Critical path:

`runner trust → PostgreSQL/Temporal proof → fresh provider capability evidence → seven-mascot baseline readiness → story-selected Golden Shot → Golden Sequence → Golden Short → deterministic publication → measured learning`

## Character universe truth

Active roster:

`Lumi · Tiko · Nova · Marina · Rin · Arqueo · Pepe`

- Lumi is franchise protagonist.
- The other six are first-class specialists/co-leads.
- Cast modes: `solo | pair | specialist_pair | mutual_quest | ensemble_special`.
- **There is no mandatory pair.**
- All seven have machine-readable character, cognitive and canonical voice identities.
- Exact provider voices/identity bindings and Golden Character evidence remain incomplete across the roster.

### Two-lane production readiness

1. **Seven-mascot baseline readiness** — every mascot maintains independent visual/reference, voice, provider-identity and Golden Character state.
2. **Story-selected deep readiness** — only the exact cast needed by the approved package receives package-specific motion/lipsync/relationship/ensemble/shot readiness.

S01E01-specific Lumi/Tiko references remain valid only inside its frozen episode build and are not global production priorities.

## Active canon

- Character Bible: `content/characters/MASCOT_BIBLE_v0_4.md`
- Relationship Bible: `content/characters/RELATIONSHIP_AND_CROSSOVER_BIBLE_v0_5.md`
- Scenario Writer: `docs/agents/SCENARIO_WRITER_PROMPTOPS_v0_11.md`
- Cognitive profiles: `data/catalog/luminautas-cognitive-profiles-v0_1.json`
- Voice registry: `data/catalog/voice-binding-registry-v0_1.json`
- Character production registry: `data/catalog/character-production-registry-v0_3.json`
- Ensemble production checklist: `docs/operations/P0_ENSEMBLE_ASSET_PRODUCTION_CHECKLIST_v0_1.md`

Canon validation rejects superseded active pointers. Historical versions remain provenance.

## Production workflow state

**Composition surface = 13/13 activities present.**

1. `build_evidence_pack`
2. `write_and_review_script`
3. `build_and_review_animatic`
4. `validate_cast_plan`
5. `validate_character_production_readiness`
6. `plan_scene_to_screen`
7. `compile_shots_for_generation`
8. `generate_and_qa_media`
9. `build_and_review_rough_cut`
10. `build_and_review_platform_packaging`
11. `review_final_release`
12. `publish_episode`
13. `schedule_metric_snapshots`

This is **COMPOSED**, not yet `INTEGRATION_TESTED` or `PRODUCTION_VERIFIED` in the target environment.

### Compiled generation boundary

`compile_shots_for_generation` freezes/persists exact requests derived from approved ShotSpecs.

`generate_and_qa_media` executes only those requests and fails closed on scope, duplicate identity, readiness, checksum, provider/model mismatch, missing accepted-output asset/checksum, or a planned shot with no accepted take.

Rejected attempts are persisted first so failed spend becomes learning data.

## Persistence truth

Canonical SQLAlchemy ownership: `cartoonos.db`.

Current migration chain:

`001 → 002 → 003 → 004 → 005 → 006 → 007 → 008 → 009 → 010 → 011 → 012 → 013 → 014 → 015 → 016`

Current head `016_generation_output_provenance` extends generation-attempt records with model/prompt/output URI/checksum/provenance fields so accepted outputs can be traced to exact generation lineage.

Still required:
- real PostgreSQL upgrade proof through current head;
- schema/repository integration proof in controlled target environment;
- backup/restore and durable object-storage checksum proof.

## Creative / situational truth

Active production reasoning law:

`NOTICE → THINK → TEST → CHECK → UPDATE`

Runtime/creative contracts preserve:
- DecisionBeat
- EnvironmentSituationState
- KnowledgeAccessEvent
- RelationshipReasoningBeat
- SituationalAwarenessReview

No knowledge teleportation, unexplained environment mutation, interchangeable mascot cognition or unearned specialist answers are allowed.

## Prompt/model truth

Implemented/composed:
- PromptIR;
- explicit shot families;
- reference budgeting/protected required references;
- capability preflight contracts;
- provider parameter allowlists;
- safe coercion recording;
- deterministic request checksums;
- multiple model adapters behind shared contracts;
- durable attempt/failure/repair/economics lineage.

Still P0:
- fresh live capability snapshots/hashes;
- RenderPlan hard budget enforcement;
- quality × first-pass-yield × cost-per-accepted-second × latency routing;
- telemetry-calibrated prompt/reference budgets;
- real provider validation.

## Environment OS truth

Contracts exist for EnvironmentPack, SceneGeographyBinding, ShotEnvironmentBinding and EnvironmentReferenceBundle.

Still P0:
- live selector;
- CameraAnchor validation;
- first real reusable HQ/Lab production pack;
- object-storage provenance for derived references.

## Voice truth

Canonical registry contains **seven independent voice identities**:

- `VOICE-LUMI-v1`
- `VOICE-TIKO-v1`
- `VOICE-NOVA-v1`
- `VOICE-MARINA-v1`
- `VOICE-RIN-v1`
- `VOICE-ARQUEO-v1`
- `VOICE-PEPE-v1`

Current provider state for all seven: `audition_required`.

Never invent provider voice IDs. A speaking mascot must have exact provider/engine/voice ID/type, sample evidence, ES-419 pronunciation/emotional QA and lipsync QA.

## Measurable operating loop

CartoonOS already has:
- project-scoped observations/evals/experiments/decisions/capability telemetry;
- transactional event outbox;
- generation attempt economics;
- accepted/generated seconds and cost-per-accepted-second;
- D1/D3/D7/D14/D30/D90 schedules;
- append-only Decision→Result→Learning closure.

Character analytics must segment by:
- character ID/version;
- narrative role;
- cast mode;
- relationship configuration;
- platform/format/locale;
- hook/participation/rewatch dimensions;
- provider/model/economics.

Do not infer learning from engagement proxies.

## P0 blockers remaining

### 1. GitHub Actions runner trust
A run counts only when actual repository steps execute successfully. Current runner evidence is not trusted.

### 2. PostgreSQL + Temporal target proof
Prove migration head 016, boot the 13-activity worker and verify replay/idempotency behavior.

### 3. Durable object/media storage
Prove SHA-256 upload/download/restore and immutable lineage.

### 4. Seven-mascot baseline production readiness
For each active mascot:
- final visual/reference pack;
- provider identity binding;
- exact provider voice audition/binding when speaking;
- independent Golden Character Test;
- safety/originality/anatomy/signature evidence.

### 5. Fresh provider capability/routing evidence
Persist live capability snapshot/hash and enforce cost/quality/yield/latency preflight.

### 6. First real EnvironmentPack
Complete HQ/Lab spatial/reference/CameraAnchor production pack.

### 7. Real story-selected Golden Shot
Choose cast from approved story; do not preselect a historical duo. Persist exact request/output/provider/QA/economics provenance.

### 8. Golden Sequence + Golden Short
Prove continuity/rough-cut/audio/edit/package on 3–5 shots and a 45–90 second master.

### 9. Deterministic publication + reconciliation
Run real platform adapters with immutable renditions/idempotency/reconciliation.

### 10. Real measured learning
Ingest D1/D3/D7 + economics and persist one learning that changes the next package.

### 11. Brand/commercial clearance
Trademark/domain/handle clearance remains required before commercial lock.

## Current P0 execution order

1. Resolve GitHub Actions runner execution.
2. Prove PostgreSQL head 016 + 13-activity Temporal worker.
3. Prove durable object/media checksum round-trip.
4. Resolve live provider generation access and capability snapshots.
5. Complete first HQ/Lab EnvironmentPack/reference bundle.
6. Complete **all-seven baseline visual/reference/voice/provider/Golden readiness**.
7. Select first proof cast from approved story and deepen only that cast.
8. Golden Shot → Golden Sequence → Golden Short.
9. Deterministic publication/reconciliation.
10. D1/D3/D7 + actual economics + one measured learning change.
11. Advance flagship production only after the loop is proven.

## Readiness classification

| Layer | Status |
| --- | --- |
| Creative/canon | strong / active |
| Seven-mascot identity model | represented, not production-approved |
| Production workflow | 13/13 composed |
| Persistence design | head 016 composed; target proof pending |
| Compiled generation boundary | composed |
| Provider execution | not production-verified |
| Environment pack | first real pack pending |
| Publication adapters | live proof pending |
| Learning loop | infrastructure composed; real feedback pending |
| CI | untrusted until runner executes steps |

**Overall: COMPOSED CONTROLLED R&D — NOT PRODUCTION_VERIFIED.**